Growth Metrics

ServiceNow (NOW) Share-based Compensation (2012 - 2026)

ServiceNow posted quarterly Share-based Compensation of $547.0 million for Q1 2026, up 16.38% year-on-year from $470.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 10.73% on a QoQ basis from $494.0 million in Q4 2025.

ServiceNow (NOW) has 15 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $547.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Share-based Compensation rose 16.38% year-over-year to $547.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.2 billion (up 9.26% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $2.0 billion, up 11.97% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 stood at $547.0 million, up from $494.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $547.0 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $12.0 million in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $361.0 million (2022), against an average of $298.6 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Share-based Compensation surged 993.94%; it then plunged 85.8% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $363.0 million in 2022, then gained by 13.77% to $413.0 million in 2023, then increased by 9.93% to $454.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 8.81% to $494.0 million in 2025, then increased by 10.73% to $547.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $547.0 million (Q1 2026), $494.0 million (Q4 2025), and $78.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 333.66 Mn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 1.08 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 473.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 132.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 547.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 138.18 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 509.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.00 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 485.00 Mn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 196.84 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 547.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 547.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 494.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 494.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 78.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 78.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 61.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 61.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 470.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 470.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 454.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 454.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 144.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 144.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 12.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 12.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 422.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 422.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 413.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 413.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 150.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 150.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 50.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 50.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 381.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 381.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 363.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 363.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 361.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 361.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 352.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 352.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 325.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 325.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 303.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 303.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 33.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 33.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 37.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 37.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 256.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 256.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 245.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 245.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 26.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 26.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 25.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 25.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 188.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 188.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 169.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 169.86 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 10.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 10.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 69.23 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 69.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 157.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 157.45 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 142.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 142.64 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 12.78 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 12.78 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 33.78 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 33.78 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 121.34 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 121.34 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 105.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 105.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 43.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 43.96 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 42.29 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 42.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 89.87 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 89.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 83.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 83.19 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 21.38 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 21.38 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 21.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 21.05 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 75.31 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 75.31 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 68.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 68.18 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 65.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 65.11 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 66.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 66.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 58.07 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 58.07 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 46.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 46.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 41.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 41.49 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 37.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 37.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 29.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 29.23 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 20.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 20.86 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 17.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 17.85 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 14.83 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 14.83 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 12.05 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 12.05 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 9.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 9.35 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 8.21 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 8.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 3.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 3.92 Mn